Dates:

January 15-24, 2009


Codes:

MX: during the northern Mexico portion of the tour, Jan 16-21
AZ:  during the southern Arizona portion of the tour, Jan 22-24
  
(t): a globally threatened or rare species, designated by Birdlife International
     (t1): critical     (t2): endangered     (t3): vulnerable
(nt): a near-threatened species globally

(NA:vr):  very rare in North America
(NAr):     rare in North America
(AZr):     rare in Arizona
(MXe):   normally endemic to Mexico 

(NAi):    introduced species in North America

(ph):      species with a photo in this FONT website

Directory of Photos in this Website 

PHOTO AT UPPER RIGHT: a FERRUGINOUS HAWK, a raptor that was seen on utility poles during both the Sonora, Mexico and the Arizona portions of the tour.    

Additional Links:     

Birds of Sonora, Mexico  

A List & Photo Gallery of Arizona Birds, in 2 parts:
Part #1: Quails to Becard     Part #2: Flycatchers to Buntings

Arizona Mammals  (with some photos)      North American Mammals  (with some photos)

Upcoming North American Birding & Nature Tours  

The Black-necked (or Eared) Grebe on the Sea of Cortez
was 1 of 5 species of grebes during our Jan 09 Sonora/Arizona Tour
(photo by Howard Eskin)

The following list was compiled by Armas Hill, leader of the tour.


Bird-List:

1. Gambel's Quail  -  MX,AZ
   
   
2. Montezuma Quail  -  MX
   
   
3. Elegant Quail  -  MX
   
   
4. "Gould's" Wild Turkey  - MX
   
   
5. Ross's Goose  - AZ
   
   
6. Brant Goose  - MX
   
   
7. Green-winged Teal  - MX,AZ
   
   
8. Mallard  -  AZ 
   
   
9. Mexican Duck  -  MX
   
   
10. Northern Pintail  - AZ
    
    
11. Northern Shoveler  -  MX,AZ
    
    
12. Gadwall  - MX
    
    
13. American Wigeon  - AZ
    
    
14. Ring-necked Duck - MX
    
    
15. Lesser Scaup  - MX,AZ
    
    
16. Surf Scoter  - MX
    
    
17. Bufflehead  - MX
    
    
18. Common Merganser  - AZ
    
    
19. Red-breasted Merganser  - MX
    
    
20. Ruddy Duck  -  MX,AZ
    
    
21. Pacific Loon  - MX
    
    
22. Great Northern (or Common) Loon  - MX
    
    
23. Least Grebe  - MX
    
    
24. Pied-billed Grebe  - MX,AZ
    
    
25. Horned Grebe  - MX
    
    
26. Black-necked (or Eared) Grebe  -  MX
    
    
27. Western Grebe  - MX
    
    
28. American White Ibis  - MX
    
    
29. Great Blue Heron  -  MX,AZ
    
    
30. Little Blue Heron  - MX
    
    
31. Great Egret - MX
    
    
32. Snowy Egret  -  MX
    
    
33. Tricolored Heron  - MX
    
    
34. Reddish Egret  - MX
    
    
35. Green Heron  - AZ
    
    
36. American Bittern  - AZ
    
    
37. American White Pelican  - MX
    
    
38. Brown Pelican  - MX
    
    
39. Blue-footed Booby  - MX
    
    
40. Neotropic Cormorant   - MX
    
    
41. Double-crested Cormorant  - MX  
    
    
42. Turkey Vulture  -  MX
    
    
43. Black Vulture  -  MX
    
    
44. Northern Crested Caracara  - MX
    
    
45. American Kestrel  -  MX,AZ
    
    
46. Prairie Falcon  -  MX,AZ
    
    
47. Osprey  -  MX
    
    
48. Northern Harrier  -  MX.AZ
    
    
49. Sharp-shinned Hawk  - MX
    
    
50. Cooper's Hawk  -  AZ
    
    
51. Harris's Hawk  - AZ
    
    
52. Red-tailed Hawk  -  MX,AZ
    
    
53. Ferruginous Hawk  - MX,AZ
    
    
54. Rough-legged Hawk  - AZ
    
    
55. Sora  - AZ
    
    
56. American Coot  -  AZ
    
    
57. Sandhill Crane  - AZ
    
    
58. American Oystercatcher  - MX
    
    
59. Black Oystercatcher  - MX
    
    
60. Black-bellied (or Grey) Plover  - MX
    
    
61. Killdeer  -  MX,AZ
    
    
62. Greater Yellowlegs  - MX
    
    
63. Lesser Yellowlegs  - MX
    
    
64. Willet  - MX
    
    
65. "American" Whimbrel  - MX
    
    
66. Long-billed Curlew (nt)  - MX
    
    
67. Marbled Godwit  - MX
    
    
68. Least Sandpiper  -  AZ
    
    
69. Dunlin  - MX
    
    
70. Bonaparte's Gull  - MX
    
    
71. Heermann's Gull  - MX
    
    
72. Ring-billed Gull  - MX
    
    
73. California Gull  - MX
    
    
74. "American" Herring Gull  - MX
    
    
75. Yellow-footed Gull  - MX
    
    
76. Forster's Tern  - MX
    
    
77. Royal Tern  - MX
    
    
78. Elegant Tern (nt)  - MX
    
    
79. Caspian Tern  - MX
    
    
80. Craveri's Murrelet  - MX 
    
    
81. Common (or Feral) Pigeon (NAi)  -  MX,AZ
    
    
82. Eurasian Collared-Dove (NAi)  -  MX,AZ
    
    
83. White-winged Dove  -  MX,AZ
    
    
84. Mourning Dove  -  MX,AZ
    
    
85. Inca Dove  -  MX
    
    
86. Common Ground Dove  -  MX,AZ
    
    
87. Greater Roadrunner  -  MX,AZ
    
    
88. Great Horned Owl  -  AZ
    
    
89. Common Poorwill  -  MX
    
    
90. Broad-billed Hummingbird  -  MX
    
    
91. Anna's Hummingbird  -  AZ
    
    
92. Elegant Trogon  - MX
    
    
93. Belted Kingfisher  - MX
    
    
94. Green Kingfisher  - MX
    
    
95. Acorn Woodpecker  -  MX,AZ
    
    
96. Gila Woodpecker  -  MX,AZ
    
    
97. Red-naped Sapsucker  - AZ
    
    
98. Ladder-backed Woodpecker  -  MX,AZ
    
    
99. Northern Flicker  - AZ  
    
    
100. Gilded Flicker  -  MX
     
     
101. Black Phoebe  -  MX,AZ
     
     
102. Say's Phoebe  -  MX,AZ
     
     
103. Vermilion Flycatcher  -  MX
     
     
104. Ash-throated Flycatcher  -  MX
     
     
105. Cassin's Kingbird  -  MX
     
     
106. Greater Pewee  - MX
     
     
107. Dusky Flycatcher  - MX
     
     
108. Gray Flycatcher  - MX
     
     
109. Cordilleran Flycatcher  - MX
     
     
110. Loggerhead Shrike  - MX,AZ
     
     
111. Mexican Jay  -  MX,AZ
     
     
112. Sinaloa Crow  - MX
     
     
113. Chihuahuan Raven  - MX,AZ
     
     
114. Northern Raven  -  MX,AZ
     
     
115. Phainopepla  -  MX,AZ
     
     
116. Bridled Titmouse  -  AZ
     
     
117. Verdin  - MX
     
     
118. Tree Swallow  - MX
     
     
119. American Bushtit  - MX
     
     
120. Horned Lark  -  AZ 
     
     
121. Cactus Wren  -   MX,AZ
     
     
122. Bewick's Wren  -  MX.AZ
     
     
123. House Wren  - MX
     
     
124. Rock Wren  -  MX
     
     
125. Canyon Wren  -  AZ
     
     
126. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  -  MX
     
     
127. Black-capped Gnatcatcher  - MX
     
     
128. White-breasted Nuthatch  -  AZ
     
     
129. Pygmy Nuthatch  -  AZ
     
     
130. European Starling  (NAi)  -  MX,AZ
     
     
131. American Robin  -  AZ
     
     
132. Western Bluebird  - MX
     
     
133. Mountain Bluebird  - MX
     
     
134. Northern Mockingbird  - MX,AZ
     
     
135. Curve-billed Thrasher  - MX,AZ
     
     
136. Bendire's Thrasher  - MX
     
     
137. Ruby-crowned Kinglet  - MX,AZ 
     
     
138. House Sparrow (NAi)  -  MX.AZ
     
     
139. Lesser Goldfinch  -  MX,AZ
     
     
140. American Goldfinch  - AZ
     
     
141. Pine Siskin  -  AZ
     
     
142. House Finch  -  MX,AZ
     
     
143. Orange-crowned Warbler  - MX
     
     
144. "Audubon's" Yellow-rumped Warbler  -  MX,AZ
     
     
145. Black-throated Gray Warbler  -  MX
     
     
146. Common Yellowthroat  - MX
     
     
147. Painted Whitestart  (has been called Painted Redstart)  -  MX,AZ
      
     
148. Great-tailed Grackle  -  MX,AZ
     
     
149. Bronzed Cowbird  - MX
     
     
150. Brown-headed Cowbird  -  AZ
     
     
151. Brewer's Blackbird  - MX,AZ
     
     
152. Red-winged Blackbird  - AZ
     
     
153. Yellow-headed Blackbird  - AZ 
     
     
154. Streak-backed Oriole  - MX
     
     
155. "Lillian's" Eastern Meadowlark  -  MX,AZ
     
     
156. Western Meadowlark  - AZ
     
     
157. Green-tailed Towhee  - MX,AZ
     
     
158. Canyon Towhee  - MX,AZ
     
     
159. Rufous-crowned Sparrow  - MX,AZ
     
     
160. Rufous-winged Sparrow  - MX
     
     
161. Black-throated Sparrow  - MX
     
     
162. Chipping Sparrow  - MX,AZ
     
     
163. Brewer's Sparrow  - MX,AZ
     
     
164. Savannah Sparrow  -  AZ
     
     
165. Vesper Sparrow  -  AZ
     
     
166. Lark Sparrow  - MX,AZ
     
     
167. Song Sparrow  - AZ
     
     
168. Lincoln's Sparrow  - MX,AZ
     
     
169. Swamp Sparrow  - AZ
     
     
170. White-crowned Sparrow  - MX,AZ
     
     
171. Dark-eyed Junco  - AZ
     
     
172. Northern Cardinal  - MX
     
     
173. Pyrrhuloxia  - MX,AZ
     
     
174. Black-headed Grosbeak  - MX
     
     

1. Variegated Ground Squirrel (has been called Rock Squirrel)  -  MX
   
   
2. Arizona Gray Squirrel  -  AZ
   
   
3. Coyote -  MX
   
   
4. Antelope Jackrabbit  -  MX
   
   
5. "Coue's" White-tailed Deer  -  MX 
   
   
6. Mule Deer  -  AZ
   
   
7. Pronghorn  -  AZ
   
   
8. Western Pipistrelle  -  MX  (the smallest bat in the Americas)
   
   
9. White-nosed Coati  -  MX   (roadkill)
   
   
10. Blue Whale  -  MX  (beached on the rocky shore of an island in the Sea of Cortez) (the largest creature on Earth)  
    
    
    Also: tracks of Puma, Bobcat, Collared Peccary, and the skin of a rattlesnake
    
    
11. various butterflies & moths  (including Pipevine Swallowtail in MX)  -  MX,AZ